Crime Suspect in Moscow Shoots at Police, Commits Suicide

Dec. 27, 2016

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A
crime suspect in western Moscow started shooting at police officers and utility
service workers during a search of his apartment, Russia’s Investigative
Committee said in an online statement Tuesday. Three officers and two utility service
workers were injured, the statement said.

The
police were searching the man’s apartment because he was a suspect in a robbery
investigation, the Mediazona online outlet reported. In the course of the
search the man took out a rifle and started shooting at those conducting the
search. He then hid in his neighbor’s apartment and took a woman hostage.
Shortly after, the suspect shot himself.